The NTP button uses a seperate program called ntpdate. This checks a number of servers (as set by me) and averages the time error before setting your 'time'.
This makes for more accurate time setting but it will take slightly longer to execute.

At the moment it checks 2. Both at NPL in the UK.

This app is now growing which is something I didn't want to do, hence I've left the original 0.1 version on thread.

It will grow more if I use a list choice for the servers. we'll see.

Rob_________________Rob
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The moment after you press "Post" is the moment you actually see the typso

I've tested it here and it's OK. Ran it from cli and it reported as ok.

Do you have two menu entries? I have noticed that the pet install/uninstall sometimes leaves two entries.

Check /usr/share/applications there should only be one entry as Psync_0.2.desktop, no entries for timesynchro. If there is, just delete them._________________Rob
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The moment after you press "Post" is the moment you actually see the typso

By the way...
Those two buttons present someone who doesn't know their significance [that includes me really], with a bit of a problem.

e.g.
Which one to click?

Will clicking the wrong one have nasty consequences?

Oh well, take no risks, do nothing.

You could do with having some text added to that displayed already...
Short explanation.
Or a couple of words on each button to explain what they are rather than only a [meaningless?] acronym.
Or else a "Help" button.

"Nothing is hurt if you click either button, just different results"
This would do as a minimum explanation.
All the newbie user needs is an indication that clicking either will do no harm.
This would certainly reassure me as a new user, that it would be OK to click either button.

"The NIST servers are used with inbuilt 'system' functions.
The NTP servers use a separate dedicated program that works a bit harder to achieve the same goal."
A little extra [like this] would be nice IF there was a way to do it easily.

I appreciate your willingness to change the wording to say
"TZ variable" because it is accurately displays the variable
data without putting people who live in Los Angeles
somewhere in a Hong Kong time zone.

Bruce

Second picture for second release, note the time zone
accurately displays my true time zone in spite of Puppy's
inversion.

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